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of Wilwood master cylinders with a 1” bore allow Myron different RPM. Behind the big block is the Turbo 400 it
to stop the roadster just like it had disc brakes. It’s was born with.
bagged at all four corners. Upon fi rst glance, one would look at this monster
Not only did that motorhome donate its rearend, and its zoomies and think that it’s super loud. It’s not.
it also supplied the 454 big block that motivates this The ever-creative Myron runs the headers directly into
beast. Myron upgraded the cam and decked the heads, the frame under the cab, where the spent gasses work
but the wildest mod is the vintage Oberhausen electric their way back up to the zoomies, which actually exit the
blower topped by four Holley 94 two-barrels. Electric frame – not the motor. The result is a very mellow sound
blower? Yes – electric. It’s controlled by a rheostat on that still lets the motor breathe.
the dash that basically allows you to dial your boost. Among the other cool details are the ‘31 Chevy
It wasn’t easy to get everything set up to where it was headlights that Myron uses almost exclusively for his
actually drivable. He enlisted the help of Dick’s Hot Rod builds, the ‘38 Pontiac grill shell, and the use of copper
Carbs to get the carbs synchronized, and they wound up tubing for the trans cooler and air ride lines. The fi rst
using six different sets of power valves and four Myron time Myron took the roadster to a show it wound up on
has also marked the rheostat with optimum settings for the front page of the Durango newspaper.

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